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Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for the Classical Homeschooling Mama

Brandy Vencel

Scholé Sisters is the podcast for the classical homeschooling mama who seeks to learn and grow while she’s helping her children learn and grow. Scholé Sisters is a casual conversation about...

Episodes

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SS #180: Pusillanimity: The Unpronounceable Vice Holding You Back

In today's episode, Mystie, Abby, and Brandy discuss the vice of pusillanimity (and remind each other how you say it). Are we being held bac...

57:10Oct 2, 2026

SS #179: Scrappy Adulthood (with Hans Winckler!!)

Our guest today is Mystie's eldest son, Hans Winckler! Hans is a father of two, has been married to his wife Faith for 3 years, and works in...

01:01:25Sep 21, 2026

SS #178: Diversity is Not Your Co-op Strength

In today's episode, Mystie, Abby, and Brandy talk straight about diversity. We are told again and again that diversity is our strength, but...

01:11:16Sep 4, 2026

SS #177: Build Real-Life Community (with Hayley Beck!!)

Our special guest today is someone whose name you may know: Hayley Beck. Hayley was born and raised in Australia, and has been married to he...

38:15Jul 31, 2026

SS #176: Prudence: Queen of the Virtues

In today's episode, Abby, Mystie, and Brandy introduce the new virtue series of retreats, why we're doing it, and why we're beginning with t...

48:22Jul 17, 2026

SS #175: Real Human Wisdom in an AI World (with Cindy Rollins!!)

Our special guest today is the one and only Cindy Rollins! Cindy homeschooled her nine children for over 30 years using Charlotte Mason's ti...

01:09:16May 22, 2026

SS #174: Machine Culture

Today's episode is a conversation about machine culture a la Paul Kingsnorth's book Against the Machine , but we managed to tie it to govern...

01:11:55May 8, 2026

SS #173: Think for Yourself

In today's episode, Mystie, Abby, and Brandy discuss the importance of independent thought (versus depending on gurus, for example). You're...

01:17:04Apr 24, 2026

SS #172: Maximize Motivation (with Dr. Ben Merkle!!)

Today's guest is Dr. Ben Merkle! Dr. Merkle is the President of New Saint Andrew's College. He has served as a minister at Christ Church, Mo...

54:29Apr 10, 2026

SS #171: The Vice of Envy

Today's episode is a continuation of our ongoing conversation about vices – about the seven deadly sins. We're using the chapter of Rebecca...

01:14:00Mar 20, 2026

SS #170: Saturation Love

Today, Mystie, Abby, and Brandy discuss the essay "Saturation Love" by Jim Wilson. And yes! They remembered to discuss the tough questions t...

01:09:04Mar 6, 2026

SS #169: Our 10th Anniversary Extravaganza (with Sarah Mackenzie and Pam Barnhill!!)

Our guests today are our dear friends Sarah Mackenzie and Pam Barnhill! Sarah is the author of Teaching from Rest and The Read-Aloud Family...

01:23:22Feb 20, 2026

SS #168: Your Child is Behind?

Welcome back! Today is the beginning of our spring season and we're kicking off with a discussion on being behind – how do we know if our ch...

01:09:33Feb 6, 2026

SS #167: The Causes of Christmas

Today's episode is what you've been waiting for. That's right! It's our annual Christmas episode. This time, we used a different approach, t...

01:03:40Dec 12, 2025

SS #166: Artificial Intelligence (with Jami Marstall!!)

Our guest today is Jami Marstall. Jami has been homeschooling for almost 20 years with Charlotte Mason's rich, living methods. She and her h...

01:22:06Nov 21, 2025

SS #165: Book Club Joy

This is the fall episode recorded each year at the retreat. As usual, the Scholé Sisters apologize for the decline in sound quality. They fe...

58:30Nov 7, 2025

SS #164: Teaching Courage

Today's episode is a continuation of our ongoing discussion of virtues and vices. Brandy, Mystie, and Abby contend that if classical educati...

01:05:28Oct 24, 2025

SS #163: You Should Have an Opinion on These Things

Charlotte Mason says our young adult daughters ought to develop their opinions rather than being tossed around by circumstance or culture. O...

01:04:17Oct 3, 2025

SS #162: Classical Preschool: Gymnastic

Is classical preschool even a thing?? In today's episode, Abby, Mystie and Brandy talk about gymnastic and explain how you can start trainin...

01:09:01Sep 18, 2025

SS #161: Feminism Detox (Announcing the Fall Mentorship!!)

In today's episode, Abby, Mystie, and Brandy are discussing feminism and the view of women found in Herman Bavinck's book The Christian Fami...

01:01:18Sep 5, 2025